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Even mild COVID tied to vascular impairment
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“It may encourage treating clinicians to be more aggressive with preventative neurovascular and cardiovascular health measures and/or screening in...
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Prior psychological distress tied to ‘long-COVID’ conditions
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Our findings suggest the need to consider psychological health in addition to physical health as risk factors of long COVID-19.”
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Subtle visual dysfunctions often precede early-stage psychosis
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Unlike patients with nonpsychotic disorders, approximately 50%-60% of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia report visual dysfunctions.
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Distorted time perception during the pandemic tied to stress, poor mental health
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Continuity between past experiences, present life, and future hopes is critical to one’s well-being, and disruption of that synergy presents...
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Stable, long-term opioid therapy safer than tapering?
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
The investigators compared three dosing strategies: abrupt withdrawal, gradual tapering, and continuation of the current stable dosage.
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New panic disorder model flags risk for recurrence, persistence
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
The co-occurrence of risk factors for panic disorder “suggests the need to combine them into a broad multivariable model.”
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Diagnostic criterion may hide borderline personality disorder
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Clinicians need to screen for borderline personality disorder in patients with other suggestive symptoms, even if those patients don’t self-harm...
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LAIAs safer, more effective than oral antipsychotics for schizophrenia
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“There may be a unique benefit to transitioning to long-acting injectable antipsychotics within the first 2 years of illness,” said Dr. Brittany...
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A ‘promising target’ to improve outcomes in late-life depression
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Older adults with depression and comorbid apathy have poorer outcomes, including lower remission rates and poorer response to first-line...
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Sexual assault flagged as a possible psychosis trigger
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“We need more investment in comprehensive strategies to prevent traumatic experiences at the population level to decrease the burden of psychosis...
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B6 a new approach for depression, anxiety?
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Some previous research has suggested that vitamins B6 and B12 have a role in improving mood-related outcomes.
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High rate of mental health problems in transgender children
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“Clinicians providing general health care to transgender children should keep this vulnerability in mind and proactively address any mental health...
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Electroacupuncture promising for depression-related insomnia
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
Patients with co-occurring depression and sleep disorders have a greater risk for relapse and recurrence of depression.
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Antidepressants may curb opioid overdose
- Author:
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“If you are treating someone with pain, particularly chronic pain, it’s critically important to better assess their depression and not to...
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Surprising ethnic difference in atherosclerosis burden in Harlem, N.Y.
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- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
“For the same predicted CV risk, non-Hispanic Black individuals appear to be more vulnerable than people of Hispanic origin to early subclinical...